About block 973,988
Bitcoin block 973,988 was mined by AntPool on October 31, 2026 at 3:07 PM UTC, 2 min 31 s after block 973,987. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,917 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, down from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0047 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1297 BTC for this block.
Block 973,988 is number 261 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,755 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,012 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.